#AskNostr

What's the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi?


I'm really into Mason jars lately and this is a great idea! I can keep a small number of jars dry for when I need a dry one, but otherwise keeping them full of water is brilliant, even if we don't like tap it's better than nothing in an emergency situation.


I've canned since a kid, and never daw or heard of this. Great idea, I'll never have empty jars again.
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#foodpreservation #canning #homesteading


So fucking bullish on Nostr after listening to  nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev read on Bitcoin audible of nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a article “The Power of Nostr”. Payment discovery is something I’ve thought about but never in a detailed manner. Being able to pay someone without their permission is truly an innovation that mankind has never seen before. Even in money’s basic form of cash or gold coins, to pay someone they had to physically take the money you were handing them, thereby giving their permission for the payment. I’m sure everyone has had the high friction experience of trying to give someone money and that person refuses to stick out their hand to accept the payment out of pride, stubbornness, laziness or whatever other reason. To think that a technology now exists to eliminate this high friction interaction is just another reason to be incredibly excited and hopeful for the future.

https://fountain.fm/episode/wgkqiF4AAXgvn4PPowPO


Happy 53rd birthday Fiat experiment.

Today marks 53 years of the world being "temporarily off the gold standard". And most people today believe it's always been normal to back your currency with nothing but violence and it's the crazy people that want something else.
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Relax.

This is expected #bitcoin price action for the month of August, given the current macroeconomic conditions and, especially, after the huge pre-halving, spot BitcoinETF-hyped-up surge (too far, too fast).

Stacking more sats during a red monthly candle at this stage of the cycle while global M2 money supply is steadily rising again is a dreamy set of circumstances, as far as I am concerned.

Don't get shaken out by short-term noise.

1. Head down.
2. Word hard.
3. Stack sats.

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I agree. People do better work when they love what they're doing because they WANT to do it. Forcing people to work when they don't want to, because they have to pay their bills as the monetary system keeps making prices go up while savings go down and means they're miserable and doing subpar work anyway. The best work is done by people who choose to do it, let people choose.


₿ is freedom money.


Agreed and reposted.


Happy Birthday!


I used to, now maybe every other day or longer. It helped that my girlfriend said she didn't care about daily showers, only when feeling sweaty/dirty/especially stinky. That made sense, so now that's what I do.


⚡⚡500 SATS for REPOSTS

Bitcoin and Nostr embody TRUTH in its purest form.

Revisit the pivotal moments in human history that have led to our current state. The invention of language and the printing press enabled the widespread dissemination of information, unlocking massive human flourishing. The advent of the internet took this to the next level, freeing information from geographical constraints and facilitating global connectivity.

However, our current system is inherently flawed. It relies on humans trusting one another, often from a distance, without any guarantees of authenticity. Humans are notorious for their self-interest and propensity to deceive others when it serves them. This fundamental weakness has led to the proliferation of misinformation, manipulation, and control.

The game-changer lies in the emergence of uncorruptable value transfer protocols, such as Bitcoin. These systems allow us to transcend the need for human trust, instead relying on cryptographic proof and decentralized verification. For the first time, we can follow the value to determine TRUTH, unencumbered by intermediaries, biases, or agendas.

Nostr, as a social protocol, takes this concept further. By incentivizing the creation and dissemination of high-value information, it fosters an ecosystem where truth is rewarded and falsehoods are penalized. This paradigm shift has far-reaching implications, as it enables individuals to make informed decisions, free from the influence of manipulated narratives.

Imagine a world where information is no longer controlled by centralized authorities, and individuals are empowered to seek truth without interference. The potential for human flourishing is boundless. We're on the cusp of a revolution that will redefine the fabric of our society, and it's exhilarating to be part of it.

So pumped to be here with you all ❤❤

#GM #Nostr #asknostr https://image.nostr.build/6e7cd418a872733058229a7211d7e26de6bd006222018bbd3d8f6a455fa7709b.jpg


This is something I have not heard about before, can you share something regarding it for me to read/watch/listen to?


I was replying to a comment about the movie The Menu, not sure why it showed up as a note.

Here's a link to the comment I was replying to: https://primal.net/e/note12mu4t6a67py59hhv5sjvnlyldf357xphwj6km60v8akk9nnf49jq4njz05


I was thinking this morning about how we leave LED lights on all the time and don't even care, yet our grandparents would walk around turning off the lights whenever they left a room, and it got me thinking about the real #debasement adjusted electricity cost of 1960 vs today.

In 1960 an oz of #gold was $35, and a kwh of #electricity was 2.6 cents. So you could buy 1346 kwh for an oz of gold, which you could earn with 12.7 hours of labor at the #medianwage of $2.75/hr. This also meant you could buy 105.8 kwh of electricity with an hour of your time. A #lightbulb would use 60 watts, so would use a kwh every 16.5 hours.

Today an oz of gold is about $2600, which you can earn in 76.74 hours at today's median wage of $33.88, and the cost per kwh of electricity has "gone up" to about 16.5 cents meaning you could buy 15,757 kwhs with an oz of Gold, and you can buy 205.33 kwh with an hour of your time.

Relative to gold electricity has dropped in price 91.5%. But #wages have dropped in value relative to gold by 83.45%. So relative to hourly wages, the meaningful metric to people, electricity has reduced in price by only about 1/2.

However, in addition to the price of electricity falling substantially, the #electronics we use are also much more efficient. Today an LED light bulb will use only 10 watts, 6 times less than in 1960, and gives you 100 hours of light for only 1 kwh. 6 times more light for half the price, or 12 times more light for the same price! A 91.7% reduction in cost for lighting our homes relative to our labor hours.

On the median hourly wage today you can get over 20,000 hours of light from a single lightbulb for 1 hour of labor. In 1960 you could only get just over 1700 hours of light. Not to mention the cost to replace the light bulbs going down as well, due to their longer durability. This is a substantial improvement by almost any metric.

But what if wages had stayed the same relative to Gold because the world lived on a sound monetary standard the entire time?

If in 1960 an oz of gold could buy you 1346 kwh which would give you 16.5 hours of light each, that works out to 22,209 hours of light per oz of Gold. Since it would take you 12.7 hours to earn that oz of gold, 1 hour of median labor would get you 1748.74 hours of light.

Fast forward to today, cheaper electricity + more efficient electronics, an oz of gold will give you 15,757 kwhs of electricity which can power an LED bulb for 100 hours each. So an oz of gold now gives us 1,575,700 hours of light vs 22,209 hours in 1960. This means if wages had stayed the same relative to Gold then you would get 124,070.9 hours of light from an hour of your labor, instead of the 20,000 hours you can actually get today. All vs the 1748.74 hours of light you could get for the same hour of labor 64 years ago.

124,070.9 / 1748.74 = 70.94

71 times more light for the same amount of gold, thanks to efficiency gains in our light bulbs and improvements to our electricity generating capacity bringing the cost of energy down. The world is getting incredibly cheaper all around us all the time, we just don't see it thanks to the FIAT system. Due to this FIAT debasement, 83% of the efficiency/technological gains has been taken from us all. This is the real theft.

Monetary Inflation is theft, the growth rate of the M2 is the true inflation rate, not the CPI. Inflation doesn't just rob us of our past earnings in the form of our savings, it reduces our future earnings too by debasing our wages.

₿ clears the fog of debasement we've been living under, truly revealing the world of abundance we live in TODAY. If we embrace its simplicity as the best savings instrument ever discovered and/or created by humanity, then we will all truly prosper having freed ourselves from the yoke of bondage that is the centrally controlled FIAT currencies of the world.

You really don't need to work so much. Have a new perspective, lower your time preference, live as frugally as possible within your means and do whatever you can to save as much of your money in BTC and you will be free of the drudgery much more quickly. Buy second hand whenever possible, learn how to cook at home and buy tools that assist you in that endeavor such as a quality blender / slow cooker / pressure cooker / rice cooker / bread maker etc. When you're free, you'll be able to use your time for more useful and important endeavors such as thinking / writing / inventing / volunteering and so on, and also have more time to spend with your family and friends.

Contrary to what many today feel, life is worth living and it can be much more meaningful. The future is bright and full of hope, you just have to leave the cave to see it.


I love the part where the knight guy walks in an especially straight line when leaving the group, "oh wait there's a rock in his way is he gonna go around or... nope straight over the rock fancy that" LMAO.


"No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence."
- Credited to either George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Not clear which one said it, or if either really did but it's still a good hard hitting quote regardless.


Damn, forgot about it but it was incredible. Best Godzilla movie imo. I'm looking to buy a copy eventually, when the prices come down from the initial release pricing.


Severance was great! If we're adding TV recommendations my favorite recent show has to be Foundation. Such an epic sci-fi, better than Dune IMO.


Watched this movie while high, thought it was incredible. Yes it has some inconsistencies, but overall a great sci-fi.


Rewatched Idiocracy a few months ago and my girlfriend and I have been quoting it constantly. Such an underrated and hilarious movie. Also love Office Space and Airplane, haven't seen margin call though.


Couldn't disagree more, so many incredible movies in the last 5 years. See my other reply for quite a few great recommendations!


100%. I bought the 4K Blu-rays and watched them both back to back with some friends and family for an epic 6 hour marathon. Incredible experience.


This was a great movie! Highly enjoyed it.


I watch a lot of movies, and 9 months ago I started collecting physical copies to free myself from being a perpetual renter through streaming services. So if I do say so myself, I'm the perfect person to answer this!

I would say the 2 most impactful movies that I've seen, that I cried during (I'm a 30+ year old man), and have watched at least half a dozen times each are:

1: Puss in boots: The Last Wish.
I went to the theater to watch this on a whim thinking I like Shrek movies well enough, and I was stunned the entire time. The animations are stunningly gorgeous, the story is fun and heartfelt, the characters can be hilarious, the villain is incredible. All around, one of my favorite movies of all time. I cannot recommend it enough! Peak DreamWorks.

2: Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.
I saw it on Netflix when it was recommended and I was crying throughout the entire movie. I have watched it so many times because I showed it to so many people. This is the best Pinocchio adaptation ever made. Incredibly well done story, absolutely gorgeous stop motion animation, and it really puts in perspective the gift that is the time we have to spend with those we love.

Other movies I would also recommend highly as really well done:

3: Dungeons and dragons: Honor among thieves.
This is just a really well made, really fun movie. I've seen it several times and really enjoyed watching it each time. Great characters, really funny interactions, and decent plot.

4: All Quiet on the Western front.
This isn't a fun movie, it's very depressing honestly. Very well done portrayal of life as a young German youth at the start of The Great War, how they were lead to believe war was glorious, and they ended up as shells of their former self through the experience of it.

(The FIAT system has enabled these horrible wars, that alone is enough to make me support Bitcoin with a strong moral conviction, it's just the right thing to do to starve the FIAT system and make these wars less likely to occur, and end them quicker if they do. Loved your book BTW, and love the YouTube video version even more thanks to how it allows me to show the heart of the book to my friends and family in an easily digestible way.)

5: The last duel.
This movie was very different from your typical film. It's an adaptation of a historically based book telling the story of the last duel in medieval France. The duel took place due to a historical rape, and the movie tells the story in 3 chapters which each retell the same story from the different perspectives of each of the main characters. Very well done. Incredible acting by the cast. Incredible set design and costumes. Peak Cinema.

Honorable mentions:

6: Spider-Man across the spiderverse.
Absolutely incredible viewing experience. Incredible animations, great story and audio.

7: Last night in Soho.
Great and unique ghost story style of movie.

8: Everything everywhere all at once.
Hilarious the first time I watched it, but for some reason it's just okay on subsequent watches.

9: Knives out.
Great "Who dunnit?" detective movie.

10: Dora and the lost city of Gold.
Much more enjoyable than I expected, fun movie.

11: Jojo rabbit.
Hard to explain, but it's a great movie.

12: Barbie.

13: Oppenheimer.

14: Dune (Both parts)

Those are my personal recommendations. Maybe someday we can share a cup of coffee and have a chat over some of them, or about macro economics and Bitcoin. I enjoy listening to your interviews on podcasts and especially loved your recent interview on Macroscopic.

I'm actually writing my own book on Bitcoin. Who knows how long until I'll be published, but the best things are worth the wait. Having a low time preference is a much better way of life than most people live, and since I've really embraced that my life has become much more relaxed and enjoyable.

Have a great rest of your week.


That's the plan!


Lit 🔥


#LifeAdvice:

#Slowdown.

Everyone knows that fast paced things seem to end quickly, and relaxed paced things seem to last a while.

The reason is our brains can only absorb and process so much information at a time. If you sit in a park and just #observe your surroundings, or close your eyes and just listen, you notice things you never have before. Ants crawling along the ground, squirrels chasing each other, the way other people are living their lives, birds flying overhead, leaves blowing in the wind.

So much goes on around us that we never notice because we have too much going on so we tune it all out, this actually shortens our lives from a perception stand point and makes us feel like the day went by in a flash.

If I can perceive things more and on a deeper level by going slowly, I'm experiencing more in a shorter amount of time and in a way I'm lengthening my life.

Take your time, don't rush, enjoy the small things and spend quality time with the people around you. Do all this and you will live better than 99% of people.

#TouchGrass
#LiveToLive
#LiveLaughLove


Streaming is trash anymore, I'm tired of being told to be a perpetual renter with monthly subscriptions. As a kid I dreamed of owning my own video rental store, now as an adult I'm saying no to $100/mo of different streaming services and I'm instead building my own "video store" style library of DVDs/Blu-rays/4K Blu-rays. I'm almost to 1000 films for about $7k. Feels good.


Life hack: you can control your attention, your opinions, and your feelings.


If not a small issue with Nostr maybe it's a small issue with how clients rank notes. #Primal


Good Morning, I wanted to test something and point out what may be small a flaw in how we rank posts in #Nostr. Opinions on it?

If this note appears at the top of the most zapped posts list then my suspicions are confirmed.

If you zap yourself a large amount of Sats, there's a net effect on your balance of 0 Sats (as what goes out comes back in), this can be abused to unfairly shoot to the top of the most zapped posts.

In that case perhaps the "most zapped" lists can be set to ignore large zaps from otherwise small relatively inactive accounts or the same account to prevent this?


#GoodMorning #Nostr! Enjoying a nice #walk among #greenery. Very calming.

#TouchGrass #LiveLife #Outdoors #Outside

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Over on the #BitcoinSubreddit there are often #Buttcoiners (people from the Buttcoin subreddit) that comment insulting things about Bitcoiners being uneducated or psychotic. I was writing a reply to one when I realized I'm just wasting my time. I'm giving #reddit my content for free, and this person will just dismiss what I say outright because they're not #OpenMinded. Instead, I'll post my reply to all the naysayers here for those who can appreciate it more.

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You don't believe in Bitcoin until you see the problems it fixes, and truly understand that it does fix them and is #unstoppable in it's path.

One thing I know is without Bitcoin there is #NoHope with how things are going.

Unaffordable #housing, unaffordable #education, unaffordable #healthcare, unaffordable #childcare, destroyed #ecosystems, growing #monopolies, continued #debasement of wages 4 - 5% a year (after counting a 2 - 3 % raise for "#CPI adjustment").

Without Bitcoin we'll continue to have government printers enabling #EndlessWars without asking their people, which #destabilizes countries and causes #RefugeeCrises in the countries that accept more than they can comfortable #assimilate.

Few can afford to truly live anymore, less and less people are able to live comfortably on 2 incomes let alone 1. More people are putting off having #children, one of the most beautiful miracles in life, because they can't afford them anymore.

When living in a world of #abundance, why is this the case? Because the money is BROKEN.

Bitcoin is the only solution we have to any of these problems, and it really is the solution. If you don't get it yet then I'm sorry for your future, because it's one without hope for a better world. My future world is one filled with #hope thanks to #Bitcoin, and until I see the #protocol itself stop functioning I don't care what the price is because the principles of #SoundMoney that just works haven't changed.

#FixTheMoney
#FixTheWorld


Any of these?

Isaac Asimov, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien.


Freedom Tech Crash Course: Nostr, Ecash, Lightning, Fedi, Fedimint

Decided to put together a list of the freedom tech conversations I've had on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8  -- please find them below in reverse chronological order of recording date.

I hope you find them valuable.

nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a  - Freedom Technology White Pill
https://youtu.be/YHVVC2Eo70Q

nostr:npub1kp7jzme0qs3wcqjjmkq6v5fm359sclhc22glhadgtmerlr0h37nsn8487l ` - nostr:npub1uq70uqgas9pyhds2zt57kr9se8rg3s68ztphjnq82ts8rzeknmeql7u0c2  -  Open-Source Freedom Technology, Community & Trust
https://youtu.be/8MD3QQymz0c

nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft  - ESCAPING THE ALGORITHM WITH NOSTR
https://youtu.be/gG92XFg5Q48

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg  - DEEZ eNUTS: Everything You Need to Know About Ecash
https://youtu.be/ipPqYIA7JkM

nostr:npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt  - Machankura: Bitcoin WITHOUT Internet
https://youtu.be/tRjoWsc08h0

nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr - Nostr & The Future of Social Media
https://youtu.be/ZZJbXpQ-bxw

nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z - HOW TO ACTUALLY GET FREE SPEECH (not a conversation - I read a great piece by Preston)
https://youtu.be/OfOcRsEfWF8

Here is part of a conversation I had with Preston where we talk about Nostr: https://youtu.be/2IRMp9uj1xA

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s - Bitcoin + Nostr: The Only Path Forward
https://youtu.be/AtsLp3Rg5AA


The volatility is also evidence that it's a truly free market good. I wrote about this the other day: https://primal.net/e/note1j28fk6jcpszl3r4cqjw9qlkmjy6xg2vpvnzzrn48q0tv26xcecxsscn2xt


I prefer weed, but a good ice cold beer in a glass bottle is just 😗🤌


Protons (they have a positive charge 🤪)


Always open to good book recommendations. I'll check em out!


When I was a child I preferred the square, but now that I'm a man I prefer the triangle.

#TeamTriangle


Good Morning #Nostr! I just finished moving to an awesome new place with my awesome girlfriend, and my first Amazon package delivered here got stolen off my porch! Love it. 🫠

Now the tedious but also fun unpacking and organizing begins. Yay!? 😂

Any funny/crazy moving stories? I'd love to hear them!

#NormalLife
#Moving
#PackageTheft


TIL you can (accidentally) Zap your own posts on #Nostr. 😅 Whoops. Wish I could disable that.


One thing I love about #Bitcoin is it's #volatility. Why? Because it's volatility is evidence of it being a truly #freemarketgood.

You see when something is 'stable' it's actually being #manipulated. The U.S. Dollar is the most 'stable' currency in the world, yet it loses about 7% of it's value in a year in perpetuity due to this #manipulation. (So only giving the #illusion of stability really).

Here's an #analogy: Think of the demand for any good within a free market like an open pool of #EconomicEnergy that we'll represent with oil (the demand is literally the economic energy flowing into it, through purchases and the work needed to create more of this market good), with the surface of the pool being the spot price.

Just as with actual oil it takes a lot of energy to produce new quantities of this oil and put it into the pool, but this is good because it maintains the quality of the oil (energy) in the overall pool. It's volatile but the larger the market the less turbulent the surface is relative to the overall capacity, and you're confident that the quality of the oil you put in will be the same as what you pull out.

(Bitcoin specifically revolutionized this mechanism by adding a way to track the percentage of the overall system that your energy represents at the time you input it, and maintains that percentage as the network grows to maintain fairness for everyone.)

Dumping a ton of oil in this pool at once (lots of buying/producing) causes the surface to become more turbulent, and scooping a ton of oil out all at once (selling/spending/using) does the same.

With Bitcoin, this pool always has a source of new oil regardless of what the market is doing. That is the value of the time / effort / energy that the #MiningNetwork is inserting through #ProofOfWork which simultaneously expands the pool size (the ever reducing creation of new coins) and adds new oil (the proof of work energy those coins represent) at the same time to maintain and grow the overall capacity of the pool.

Mining is the constant source of the energy needed to make the system sustainable (like the Sun provides to earth which sustains life), without it the system cannot survive due to the #SecondLawOfThermodynamics stating all isolated systems become chaotic due to increasing #entropy without a new external source of #energy. This is why #ProofOfStake coins are #unsustainable long term, they have no perpetual source of new energy input outside the open market. Proof of stake coins are closed systems doomed to fail without offering an alternative value proposition to sustain them.

When people stop focusing on the surface turbulence they realize that over time the overall energy of Bitcoin's pool is consistently growing larger, supported by mining, and the surface waves aren't worth worrying about at all if you're not over extended/leveraged.

On the other hand, a government currency is like a sealed box of pressurized water that was once an open pool of oil when it was on the Gold standard. It once was the case that both citizens and their governments would need to do work to put actual oil into it, preserving the quality within when withdrawn, and the market for gold matured long ago so it's volatility was rather small relative to it's overall value enabling it's use as a unit of account.

Gold also takes energy in through the mining of new Gold, but lacks the tracking mechanism to maintain percentages of the overall system that our input represents.

When governments broke from the Gold standard they put a lid on this pool, with a funnel for citizens to continue putting their hard earned oil (economic energy) in, and small valves the government controls for the distribution of oil to those same citizens.

At the same time they added special giant in and out connections for themselves that allow them to simultaneously pump in as much water as they want (printing more fiat with no marginal cost of production, and therefore no energy being input into the system) which dilutes the oil and reduces its ability to function for its purpose (pay for things), while also pumping the mix of citizen provided oil (diluted with government water) out when needed to spend however they see fit.

They can exchange worthless water with the mixture of oil and water as much as they want/need; do it too quickly and citizens lose faith in the pool, as it's obviously not as pure as the oil they put in, and the currency hyperinflates. 7% a year is enough that most people don't immediately notice the change in quality over time, especially when technology reduces how much oil is needed to live through efficiency gains.

In this #FIAT system their is no surface turbulence because it's a sealed box so people have a false sense of safety, in turbulent markets when the pressure in the box grows too low they add restrictions on your ability to use your oil, and pump in a lot of water to increase the pressure of the system to make everyone think everything is fine. But this again reduces the quality of the oil within and also reduces faith in the system (what good is money if it's unavailable when you need it most?), and you need more of this diluted oil to get things done.

Eventually governments abuse this and the system gets diluted of economic energy faster than citizens can add fresh oil, and it just becomes plain water that nobody can use for anything.

Bitcoin prohibits these government manipulation tactics. There is no dilution of the oil allowed. No special government spiggets. It's fair for everyone thanks to it's method of tracking the percentage of the overall system our input represents. During market turbulence you have full access to your #SelfCustodied Bitcoin. And it has a constant source of fresh oil from the mining network that sustains the energy held within.

Bitcoin is truly #Revolutionary. It provides us a way to #Peacefully starve the current toxic system that is #Enslaving us to ourselves. I welcome the #NewAge of #Prosperity it is slowly bringing to #Humanity, and I can't wait to see what the next few decades bring about when supported by the #SoundMoney system that is ₿.

#Freedom
#Bitcoinisfreedom
#Bitcoinisfair


NORWAY IS GOING TO BAN BITCOIN MINING WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS -
WE NEED TO ACT NOW

Norway's Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Administration responded to @ODFoundation that it "has no plans to conduct a public consultation" on a ban on cryptocurrency mining.

There is no doubt that the ban designed to target #Bitcoin mining. Unfortunately, that's a stance of the @Stortinget and the Norwegian government.
https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Publikasjoner/Innstillinger/Stortinget/2023-2024/inns-202324-383s?all=true#m2

🔴 Why we should protect our #freedomtech Bitcoin in #Norway NOW:

(1) Norway is fully integrated in the European Single Market throught the European Economic Area (EEA) and Schengen Agreement. It means Norway can provide its legilsative approach as an input for new legislation for the EU/EEA both:
- during the preparatory phase, when the @EU_Commission is developing proposals;
- during work of expert groups and committees of the European Commission;
- submitting proposals and comments to European Free Trade Association on upcoming legislation.

(2) As a co-founder of the @OECD , Norway sets an example of regulation worldwide and provides its legislative recommedations for global standards.

(3) Norway has historically been a place to meet, share experiences and educate human rights defenders and bitcoiners from around the world.

Norwegian goverment will present its investigation a ban on cryptocurrency mining by the end of 2024.

🔴 What we should do together to prevent Bitcoin mining ban:

(1) Repost this post and join our #BTC Coalition to educate local communities and media about social benefits of Bitcoin mining in Norway and worldwide;

(2) Help us pool resources and best practices to convince Norwegian politicians and media to explore the social benefits of Bitcoin to prevent this repressive regulation;

(3) If you are a Norwegian citizen: write a letter to your legislator and government asking for public consultation and providing arguments about the social benefits of Bitcoin mining for Norway.

🧡 https://video.nostr.build/8c4d22ba81461b980e8de30b0b4d90831eba257efd45e501408fdd26836ee9f0.mp4


#GoodMorning #Nostr!

Don't panic, and keep on stackin.


People who #sold during the #COVID #marketcrash to $3k/BTC heavily regretted it.

Remember the #wisdom of the #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy.

#DONTPANIC

Seriously. Has Bitcoin's #MarginalCostOfProduction crashed? Everything trends towards it's marginal cost of production over time. Miners are still mining meaning the value of the energy and time used are still being inserted into the network on a regular basis. Your #monetaryenergy is #safer in #Bitcoin than in #FIAT.

You are fine. Don't worry. Go outside and #TouchGrass. Just breath. 😊


Everything trends towards its marginal cost of production. What's the marginal cost of production for Proof of Stake coins? Zero.


You could say Nostr is a more "Neutron" social media site. 😜


Primal is working fine so far. Unaware of the differences of other options, or what other options are available.


Poutine needs to come to the US!


You don't need to avoid me anymore. I'm right here friend! 😜


Primal currently, but I'd be down to explore other clients!


I agree that custodian Bitcoin (or anything really) is not much better than FIAT if they can issue more IOUs than assets they actually have.

I agree that for the time being due to custodians and KYC market places Bitcoin is easier to track due to its transparent block chain, enabling surveillance states.

Self custodial non-KYC Bitcoin is the best overall. At this stage, with few businesses accepting ₿ and most people owning it in KYC custodians, it has large disadvantages.

It's inevitable that people will break free of the custodians and KYC though once it really takes off and we can transact person to person more, but I acknowledge that until that time it's not much better for privacy than FIAT. Thanks for the friendly discourse! 🙂


Not everyone has time to read as much as they'd like, there's places for both. I read a lot but I also listen a lot, both are ways of gathering new information.


Nice to see you on here Matt! I enjoy your videos.


Beautiful. I love my life and am excited for the future. Spending less than I make, living frugally below my means, all great ways to improve life.

I make my own yogurt, bread, sour cream, jam, ice cream, poke bowls, burrito bowls, pizza, and so on.

Self sufficiency and frugality means a relaxed and happy life. I also more freely share what I make with others because it brings me joy to improve their lives. What is life for if not to live in peace and help others do the same? Bitcoin truly is enabling a peaceful revolution to a better way of life.


#Bitcoin doesn't care who wins or loses elections. Just keep stacking.


Felt my comment here was worth posting as a note and realized I can just quote myself! #NOSTR is awesome!

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I was listening to the #WealthTwins podcast the other day and 2 things they said stood out to me.

"At some point the things you own start owning you."

and

"It's not about the money you make, it's about the money you keep."

Being #frugal is to be free. I have never been more relaxed than as a frugal Bitcoiner living sustainably and not caring about expensive things.

To me, having expensive things means to be worried about them breaking. If I break a $200 phone I'm a lot less worried than if I break a $1200 phone.

Case in point, I was strongly considering upgrading my 3 year old 65" TV that cost me $500, to a last year LG C3 OLED 77" for $1600. But I realized that I would be much more stressed about it breaking, not to mention it's much more fragile too, and thus would be less able to just enjoy it.

I upgrade when the things I'm upgrading to are not stressful to own due to their cost. I'm also less worried about theft. Life is much more relaxed this way, and I prefer it over getting to use the latest and greatest.


So many nocoiners always say they missed the boat with bitcoin. Should have got in at 2011.

All utter nonsense. Such a dreadful fiat mindset. We are still so early, sats are ridiculously cheap right now.

In reality hardly anyone was here in 2011. The actual reality would be more 2015 and those who were here and got it deserved it.  And only if they still hold it.

The real test is stacking with a bitcoin mindset. That is the true visionary. It is the future of your time and energy in purchasing power stored with sats.

All of the great changes in History you missed out on, well here you are in the early stages of the greatest paradigm shift of all time. Step back and take a  look. You’re right in it. 🔥


"If you do nothing wrong you have nothing to hide"

If I'm doing nothing wrong I have no reason to lose my individual sovereignty over my life, which is maintained through privacy. I am not a fan of this increasing surveillance state, thankfully Bitcoin robs the governments of the source of their power (monetary debasement) which is what enables them to be able to afford to have a surveillance state. #Graduallythensuddenly #fixthemoneyfixtheworld


I've been #discussing with a user on here about Monero or #Bitcoin being better.

I felt my last response to their view that Bitcoin has no advantage over FIAT when it is primarily moved through large institutions was worth its own note which I am posting here with minor edits:

No advantage over #FIAT is laughable.  #Bitcoin being #debasement proof is it's biggest advantage over FIAT. The #government's primary source of #power, fueling it's ability to be a #surveillancestate, is it's ability to #steal #wealth by printing money which Bitcoin stops.

#Meanwhile BTC having it's block subsidy continually reduced by half every four years, thus pushing the value of every ₿ in existence up due to it's increasing marginal cost of production over time, is it's biggest advantage over #Monero.

It used to take 10 min to create ₿50 and they were worth much less, now it takes 160 min (2.66 hours) to create ₿50 and it's worth much more. In 12 years it will take 1280 min (21.33 hours) and in 40 years it will take 163840 min (2730.66 hours). Every time the #halving occurs Bitcoin's #time-cost of production doubles, dragging along the value of already existing coins with it. This relation to time is it's driving factor for value, and BTC's main reason for being the best #storeofvalue ever found.

Monero fixing it's subsidy to it's current #TailEmitions forever means it is never going to become more valuable related to time, so it's value is #stagnant and loses to Bitcoin.

Despite Monero having better on chain privacy, it's inability to increase it's value relative to #finite human life/time does nothing to fix our #financialsystem. In addition, it will not bring about a new age of global abundance through incentivising the production of electricity globally (like Bitcoin does) to give our species the energy it needs to grow beyond our current abilities. Monero is very useful to those who use the darknet and prioritize privacy above all else, it is not very useful at freeing humanity from it's self imposed bondage. But Bitcoin is.

#Fixthemoneyfixtheworld


No advantage over #FIAT is laughable.  #₿ being #debasement proof is it's biggest advantage over FIAT. The government's primary source of power, fueling it's ability to be a surveillance state, is it's ability to steal wealth by printing money which ₿ stops.

#Meanwhile BTC having it's block subsidy continually reduced by half every four years, thus pushing the value of every ₿ in existence up due to it's increasing marginal cost of production over time, is it's biggest advantage over #Monero.

It used to take 10 min to create ₿50 and they were worth much less, now it takes 160 min (2.66 hours) to create ₿50 and it's worth much more. In 12 years it will take 1280 min (21.33 hours) and in 40 years it will take 163840 min (2730.66 hours). Every time the halving occurs Bitcoin's time-cost of production doubles, dragging along the value of already existing coins with it. This relation to time is it's driving factor for value, and BTC's main reason for being the best store of value ever found.

Monero fixing it's subsidy to it's current tail emotions forever means it is never going to become more valuable related to time, so it's value is stagnant and loses to Bitcoin.

Despite Monero having better on chain privacy, it's inability to increase it's value relative to finite human time does nothing to fix our financial system. In addition, it will not bring about a new age of global abundance through incentivising the production of electricity globally (like Bitcoin does) to give our species the energy it needs to grow beyond our current abilities. Monero is very useful to those who use the darknet and prioritize privacy above all else, it is not very useful at freeing humanity from it's self imposed bondage. But Bitcoin is.


Looking through my bank account charges over the last month and I see a $10 "OFFICIAL CHECKS CHARGE".

I didn't order any checks, don't use them. I never have fees on my account either...

Called up customer service and they immediately reversed the fee and apologized that it must have been a system issue. #WTF.

I was just looking at my balance after and thinking about how many customers get charged arbitrary amounts due to "system issues" that benefit the #bank.

Then I got a feeling of disgust looking at my account. I can't wait until we can just pay our bills with #Bitcoin directly and not need to use these bullshit institutions holding #government #debtbonds (#dollars) on our behalf any longer.

With #FIAT the entire economy is one big 'company store' and I'm tired of it.

#Fixthemoneyfixtheworld


That I don't know. But even if only 10% of that daily volume was on chain Bitcoin movement, that's still more than Moneros entire market cap so...


You could say what clients you recommend...


Monero < $3,000,000,000 total market cap.

Bitcoin > $1,200,000,000,000 total market cap.

Monero 24h volume: $100,000,000

Bitcoin 24h volume: $40,000,000,000.


People aren't as stupid as they appear, as time goes on ever greater numbers of common people will realize that their FIAT is shit compared to Bitcoin (especially as it continues to stabilize and reduce volatility). Laws and governments are subservient to sound money, they won't have a choice but to adopt Bitcoin or get left behind. As populations grow to refuse the government's debt notes, they won't be able to benefit from printing them anymore because they'll be worthless. This doesn't happen overnight, but it is happening.

Bitcoin will never switch to tail emissions, it doesn't need to. The beauty of the halving is that Bitcoin is forcing its value to double every 4 years because it doubles the amount of TIME it takes to produce the same amount of Bitcoin. Time is the ultimate resource and what we all ultimately value the most, the ultimate money has to be related to Time and Bitcoin does this beautifully through its halving mechanism. Never changing tail emissions break this fundamental growth driving force. Monero's hashrate has been on a downward trend since 2022. It's value and growth is stagnant.

There's a reason why Bitcoin has nearly 500 Times the market cap of Monero, and why Monero has lost nearly 75% of it's value against Bitcoin is 5 years. Monero is never going to surpass Bitcoin.


If we don't have them yet then we will soon. I think more about the macro effects of Bitcoin on society because the governments no longer have a money printer. Bitcoin's planned every 4 year halving events are superior to Monero's perpetual 0.45 (IIRC) block subsidy. Monero never becomes more valuable related to time anymore. Bitcoin does in perpetuity, which means it will grow in value in perpetuity.


Here ya go brother.

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Found the transphobe. Consider this, people can live their lives how they choose. Who are you to tell them otherwise? More people are harmed by exclusion and hate than by inclusion and love/acceptance.


Think about today VS 1000 years from now. Open forced honesty is superior over the long term and levels the playing field. The more value is held in an address the more eyes are on it, the less value is in an address the less eyes are on it. Balance is attractive to eyes, the bigger the balance the more eyes. On the other hand the more individuals who participate in small balance self custody, the better hidden in the noise we each become. This is good for society.

The greatest natural defense we see in nature is being a part of a truly large group so any individual is unlikely to be targeted, this has been taken advantage of by humans who just catch every animal at once (such as in a school of fish). But when we combine the numbers of billions of individuals, with the inability to just capture all of them through how difficult it is to actually get access to their Bitcoin even with home invasions and court orders, we benefit from the natural security by numbers.

On the other hand, unchecked spending of massive amounts of money is bad for society. With open Blockchain everyone will be very aware of how big wallets move funds to different organizations and people. The entire world ends up auditing the whales in real time.

In the current climate where governments have unlimited resources through the theft of value via monetary debasement, sure, the lack of easy privacy is a downside for individuals. But long term it isn't a concern IMO. (My opinion may change, but this is what my view on this currently is)


I'm really not currently concerned about custodial vs non-custodial for lightning wallets and other layer 2 tech. The benefit is in the fact that we can choose the services we use based on their reputation on the open market.

Eventually I believe most people won't keep more than 5% of their stacks in custodial services. 95%+ will be in cold storage that rarely moves. If we don't like a custodian then move the coins to a different one, and people in general will learn not to do business with custodians with a poor track record.

Custodianship isn't inherently evil, it's just that until Bitcoin we had no way to keep custodians in check by maintaining self custody of the majority of our wealth as it was just too costly (such as with gold, needing expensive security) and inconvenient.

The beauty is that these technologies are still being developed and all these issues will be solved with different techniques, such as was recently proven possible on the main chain with silent payments.

Until that time Monero does fill a need for truly private transactions on the main chain, but BTC is still the superior store of value and as more BIP are developed Monero will likely become obsolete.


I'm anything but. However until states are made obsolete (inevitable IMO, at least for states as we know them today) I see ₿ being used by states on their way to becoming insignificant compared to individuals who can prevent their assets being seized. The transparency of the Blockchain already allows us all to know when governments move ₿ (as recently happened with both the US government and the German government), and prevents them from printing money and moving massive sums around unnoticed.

The only reason we're currently afraid of being tracked as individuals is because governments have significantly more power due to their ability to print money and move it in secrecy. This power is slowly shifting due to the power Blockchain grants the individual to control their own economic energy outside of government interference and manipulation.

With billions of people, only the largest wallets will be paid attention to enough to matter once the government loses it's unlimited money source. Until then, small fry like us can just use common sense in how when and where we use our coins.


BTC is for everyone.


It's interesting to think that as time marches on not only does #Bitcoin go up in value but we all get closer to death as well.

When we have less time in our lives, the value of the time we have left increases.

Wouldn't it then make sense that the value of the stored time, that we store in our savings for use in our future, also grow in value?

Bitcoin growing in value over time, follows this logical conclusion. #Save in Bitcoin, and as your time left on earth gets more valuable, so will the time you've preserved for your future. It's beautiful really.


nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m understands Bitcoin, Trump doesn't. Trump is trying to get more votes, Saylor is trying to make more Bitcoiners. Big difference. Wish I could vote for Saylor this November 😂.


I completely agree nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle

#Bitcoin is #revolutionary for many reasons but the 3 most important IMO are:

1: Absolute cap on units.

For the first time in history the entire world has #equal access not just to assets, but to assets that have a mathmatically enforced hard cap on their supply. Means Bitcoin can never be #debased by any person or group which prevents #theft through #inflation. Allowing everyone on earth a method to #preserve for their future the value of their contributions to society, without needing to #indebt someone else in the process (like what happens with buying #stocks and #bonds).

2: Connection to #time.

Every 10 min the value of the energy used by the entire #MiningNetwork is converted into Bitcoin. Every 210,000 blocks the amount of BTC produced in 10 min by the mining network gets cut in half.

Remember the value of everything trends toward its marginal cost of production, #FIAT has a marginal cost of production of ZERO which is why all FIAT trends towards a valuation of ZERO over time.

Bitcoin every 4 years raises its marginal cost of production 100% in relation to time. It used to take 10 min to make 50 BTC, then 20 min, then 40 min, then 80 min. Right now it takes 160 min to produce 50 BTC. Since time is the most valuable asset humans have, raising the time-cost of production pressures the value of each coin in the network to double every 4 years relative to Human time and we put more value on our time than anything else.

3: Connection to energy.

In addition to its connection to time, continually more miners compete for continually less coins. This is an organic raising of the cost of production of each coin in relation to cost for the electricity used as a function of market dynamics.

This forms a global unregulated free market trading pair between BTC and Electricity. Pushing the price of electricity down, while pushing the price of BTC in relation to its energy cost up.

The effects this will have on humanity are profound. The more there is of something the lower the cost and the more we can use it freely. Is there a cost to run cold air through a computer to cool down the components? No, because there is so much air that it has no cost. As Bitcoin continues to demand more and more energy, miners will respond to that by seeking out untapped sources of energy. This will overtime expand the availability of cheap energy globally, especially impactful in areas with poor populations and untapped natural energy sources nearby, allowing electricity to get ever closer to a marginal cost of production of ZERO everywhere on earth. Dropping the cost of renewable energy so low that fossil fuels become too expensive to use.

We won't need grid battery storage when so much energy is produced everywhere that energy generation itself becomes decentralized and abundant enough to more than handle the peak demand levels society itself requires even in emergencies.

No longer will #CarbonCapture technology or water #desalinization be prohibitively expensive. Allowing us to clean our atmosphere and provide clean water for everyone.

Considering all of this, I believe Bitcoin is the first technology that realistically gives us a way to become a #Kardashev level 1 Civilization.

As this transition to a world of free energy occurs, everyone who holds Bitcoin benefits from this shift in value and sees the value of their savings continually go up with the entire network in relation to the time and energy needed to produce new coins, which helps pull people out of poverty and increase global prosperity.

Bitcoin's effects on society will in the future lead to it being considered the greatest technology humanity has ever created. Bitcoin is freedom. Bitcoin is prosperity. Bitcoin is abundance. Bitcoin is the secured #SavingsAccount of all of humanity combined. We are privileged to be alive during it's existence.


I completely agree nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle

#Bitcoin is #revolutionary for many reasons but the 3 most important IMO are:

1: Absolute cap on units.

For the first time in history the entire world has #equal access not just to assets, but to assets that have a mathmatically enforced hard cap on their supply. Means Bitcoin can never be #debased by any person or group which prevents #theft through #inflation. Allowing everyone on earth a method to #preserve for their future the value of their contributions to society, without needing to #indebt someone else in the process (like what happens with buying #stocks and #bonds).

2: Connection to #time.

Every 10 min the value of the energy used by the entire #MiningNetwork is converted into Bitcoin. Every 210,000 blocks the amount of BTC produced in 10 min by the mining network gets cut in half.

Remember the value of everything trends toward its marginal cost of production, #FIAT has a marginal cost of production of ZERO which is why all FIAT trends towards a valuation of ZERO over time.

Bitcoin every 4 years raises its marginal cost of production 100% in relation to time. It used to take 10 min to make 50 BTC, then 20 min, then 40 min, then 80 min. Right now it takes 160 min to produce 50 BTC. Since time is the most valuable asset humans have, raising the time-cost of production pressures the value of each coin in the network to double every 4 years relative to Human time and we put more value on our time than anything else.

3: Connection to energy.

In addition to its connection to time, continually more miners compete for continually less coins. This is an organic raising of the cost of production of each coin in relation to cost for the electricity used as a function of market dynamics.

This forms a global unregulated free market trading pair between BTC and Electricity. Pushing the price of electricity down, while pushing the price of BTC in relation to its energy cost up.

The effects this will have on humanity are profound. The more there is of something the lower the cost and the more we can use it freely. Is there a cost to run cold air through a computer to cool down the components? No, because there is so much air that it has no cost. As Bitcoin continues to demand more and more energy, miners will respond to that by seeking out untapped sources of energy. This will overtime expand the availability of cheap energy globally, especially impactful in areas with poor populations and untapped natural energy sources nearby, allowing electricity to get ever closer to a marginal cost of production of ZERO everywhere on earth. Dropping the cost of renewable energy so low that fossil fuels become too expensive to use.

We won't need grid battery storage when so much energy is produced everywhere that energy generation itself becomes decentralized and abundant enough to more than handle the peak demand levels society itself requires even in emergencies.

No longer will #CarbonCapture technology or water #desalinization be prohibitively expensive. Allowing us to clean our atmosphere and provide clean water for everyone.

Considering all of this, I believe Bitcoin is the first technology that realistically gives us a way to become a #Kardashev level 1 Civilization.

As this transition to a world of free energy occurs, everyone who holds Bitcoin benefits from this shift in value and sees the value of their savings continually go up with the entire network in relation to the time and energy needed to produce new coins, which helps pull people out of poverty and increase global prosperity.

Bitcoin's effects on society will in the future lead to it being considered the greatest technology humanity has ever created. Bitcoin is freedom. Bitcoin is prosperity. Bitcoin is abundance. Bitcoin is the secured #SavingsAccount of all of humanity combined. We are privileged to be alive during it's existence.

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#Bitcoin with its public #blockchain is superior to #Monero. Not even mentioning it's first mover advantage which makes it exceedingly difficult for new competitors to catch up and meet or exceed the same momentum. Bitcoin is such a leap beyond anything that came before it, and coming first means it's the most likely to succeed long term compared to any potentially mildly improved assets.


Bitcoin with layer 2 technologies flips that on its head and restores things to the way they were. Everyone knew when large quantities of gold were moved, few knew when and where small coins were spent.


The transfers of institutions and governments (who both represent significant groups of individuals) should be public so we all know it happened. For too long large institutions have had their transactions private and through those same institutions we have lost anonymity in small transactions.


No, Bitcoin on chain transactions being public is a feature not a bug. Layer 2 will give small transactions the anonymity they need, but when transferring significant sums of money everyone should be able to see it. I'm not talking about transactions of more than $10,000, I'm talking the equivalent value of millions or billions of dollars in Bitcoin.


Just sharing more photos of my delicious #homemade foods. 🤤 What have you made?

#Ceviche #DeviledEggs #SoftBoiledEggs #Yogurt #SourCream #Smoothies #Steak

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How many dishes and types of food have you successfully made at home? Say no to #fiatfood.

I frequently make #Yogurt and #SourCream in my #Instantpot, #nutmilk in my #Vitamix along with #Smoothies (with 15 - 20 different fresh #fruits #vegetables #nuts and #seeds in order to grow a diverse #microbiome! #hackyourhealth on #Netflix), #multigrain #bread with #homeground #wheat and different varieties of #rice (in my #Zojirushi #ricecooker (s) and #breadmachine, highest quality on the market!).

I make dishes such as #burritobowls, #pokebowls, #curry, #butterchicken, #ceviche, #pizza, #gourmet #sandwiches, #pasta, #fruit and #cheese, #caprese and other types of #salad and much more.

What's the #GDP on #healthy home cooked #meals? Less than eating out and needing more doctor visits! Could it be that being more efficient and healthy is superior to an endlessly growing GDP? #foodforthought.

FYI: This post is not sponsored by anyone.

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#GoodMorning #Nostr!

Don't forget to focus on your #physical and #mental health in addition to your #financial!

Your #health is your true #wealth. When stacking sats remember to live a little and spend time #outdoors, spend time with #friends and #family, and if you haven't yet experimented with making #homecooked minimally processed meals then I highly encourage you to do so!


The modern #US (and global) #economy is so heavily influenced and controlled by government that it's closer to a #fascist economy than a #capitalist one.

I used to consider myself #democraticsocialist thinking that #capitalism was the driver of the concentration of wealth, but now I realize that #FIATcurrency is the true primary cause of our problems and pushes society towards #Fascism over time.

#FIAT gives #government the ability to pick and choose who wins through subsidies and regulation, and drives business to flee the currency by buying other businesses which drives the development of #monopolies. Adding in #socialism meanwhile just enhances the power of the state to control our lives which makes our problems worse by pretending to make it better.

The way forward is #BitcoinCapitalism which ultimately restores #FreeMarketCapitalism. Capitalism without a meddling government that has an unlimited money printer fucking it all up, is the ultimate economic system for #prosperity.

Bitcoin is financial #Penicillin for the sick financial system currently running our society. I can't wait for our global Bitcoin economy, it'll be beautiful. 😍

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Painting of Vincent Van Gogh becoming alive. "Cafe terrace at Night".
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There is nothing more toxic to the environment than #Fiat #Currency.


"If you stop building homes on unstable sand that slowly destroys property over time, what incentive will there be for people to constantly build new houses that will sink into the sand??? If people could just build a solid foundation and a house, they'd stop working, and just live in that #stable home. That's terrible!"

This is how the argument that people claiming #saving money is bad looks to #bitcoiners.

Build your #wealth on a #solid #foundation, live on a #BitcoinStandard. #Bitcoin is my savings account.


So I'm #exmormon, and I'm a #Bitcoiner. I watched an old #Mormon comedy for the first time in a decade and something hit me.

When I was learning the #truth about how my Mormon worldview was a lie, and I tried to talk about it with fellow Mormons, nobody wanted to listen. I was essentially seen as a conspiracy theorist.

I get the exact same feeling learning that our entire global financial system is a #lie, with Fiat improvising everyone and robbing us constantly through debasement of our currencies, and nobody wants to listen when I try to talk about it and how Bitcoin fixes it. I'm seen as a conspiracy theorist.

I think the main thing is people don't like making their own decisions, it's scary. Both the Mormon Church and the Global Banking System are seen as trusted authorities by the people within those systems. Leaving Mormonism/The Banking System is seen as the scary wild west so most people don't want to even learn about it... but once they do they can never go back. You can't unlearn that there's no Santa Claus.


🏆 ⚡Let's make #bitcoin  history NOSTR PEOPLE 🏆 ⚡

If Tinder and Taco Bell can do it.. we can too 💪 🧡

Please like, RESHARE, quote vid, do whatever you can to get as MANY signatures as possible:

⛓ ⤵ 🖊 the link is here:

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Signed! Let's get er done!


People say owning #BTC is bad for the #economy as it doesn't put your money to work. That couldn't be farther from the truth.

Every person, company, or country that holds BTC on their balance sheet is boosted by every purchase of BTC, because when you convert your economic energy into BTC, the entire network sees that value boost it's market cap.

Effectively, BTC is a single "stock" representing the entire BTC economy, when you buy BTC you're supporting the global BTC #ecosystem. All individual #HODLers, BTC #miners, BTC companies, and countries that embrace BTC as legal tender, share that value added benefit to the network as your personal demand slightly increases the price, that increase then draws new business and effort into the BTC economy which further increases the price and draws new buyers looking to get in like a continuous feedback loop.

Putting your economic energy into BTC is great for the BTC economy, it's only bad for the #FIAT #debtslavery economy, but that's kinda the point isn't it?


I just finished it! I also read The Bitcoin Standard before it, and started Broken Money last night. Great books.


The #BTC journey.  The more you learn, the more you realize the WHY behind Bitcoin.

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@Jeff Booth you did a great job explaining the reasons for #BTC to #nocoiners here. I love the calm collected matter of fact way you relay the information in every video I've seen.

Especially loved your comparison between the price of your home in #Fiat vs BTC over time.

#everythinggetscheaperwithbtc

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New to #nostr and excited for what the decentralized future will bring!

#BTC is a complete paradigm shift and will fix the economy and save us from the fiat debt slavery system we've been under for over a century.

I'll share great videos I find, and great insights I have on a nearly daily basis. Let's build the future of abundance we all want! #wedecide.

#HODL #StackSats #BTCisFreedom

#introductions


I've started writing a book on #BTC and the profound affect it will have on every aspect of our lives. Can't wait to share it with all of you!

#EverythingGetsCheaperOnBTC


Hey everyone! It's great to be part of the most peaceful revolution in history with #BTC! Loving the little I've seen of Nostr so far, it may become my primary social network soon enough. I'll definitely be posting regularly on here! 🫡🖖